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Going on vacation this week to visit my grand babies. I'll tally things up next weekend. Best of luck and have a great week people!

HIGH SCORE CLUB Season 17 Round 1 Game Information Game Name: Q*bert's Qube's Released by: Arcade: Mylstar 1983. CV: Parker Bros. 1984. Settings: Skill 1 CV HSC High Score: Skill 1: 421,175 Northcoastgamer (8/2017 HSC 10). Manual: http://adamarchive.org/archive/Manuals/ColecoVision/Q-bert's Qubes.pdf This game was chosen by your humble moderator NCG. Q*bert's Qubes Points Points: Play the game & post a score= +3 Score 10,000= +2, Score 30,000= +3, Score 60,000= +4, Score 90,000= +5, Score 120,000= +7, Score 240,000= +10, Score 300,000 & up= +12 Break a CV HSC High Score= +10 Set a New CV HSC Score= +15 Round Ends: Sunday May 5th at 8:00pm(PST) 11:00pm (EST) The same rules and scoring system that have been used the past few seasons will be in play this season as well. Season 17 rules: http://atariage.com/...1-cv-hsc-rules/ Q*Berts Qubes Scores 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Good Luck! q-bert-s-qubes-1984.rom

HIGH SCORE CLUB Season 17 Preseason Round 2 Game Information Game Name: Sky Jaguar Released by: Arcade: Konami 1984. CV: Opcode 2004. Settings: Press start & play CV HSC High Score: 114,640 DuggerVideoGames (7/2019 HSC 12). Round Ends: Sunday April 21st at 8:00pm(PST) 11:00pm (EST) The same rules and scoring system that have been used the past few seasons will be in play this season as well. Season 17 rules: http://atariage.com/...1-cv-hsc-rules/ Sky Jaguar Scores 1)29,070 jblenkle 2)12,360 fakecortex 3) 6,670 ed1475 4) 5) sky-jaguar-2004.rom

Skill 1 90,400,000 Skill 7 68,690,000 Skills 7 & 8 are no joke, quite the challenge. Had some time yesterday for a session. I have always enjoyed the challenge of this unique game.

24,900

High Score Club Monthly Gaming Alternative Round 13 Game Information Game Name: War Games Released by: United Artists Corp. 1983. CV: Coleco/CBS 1984. Settings: Games 1, 7 or 8 CV HSC High Score: First time playing War Games, Skills 1,7 & 8 in the CV HSC. Round Ends: Tuesday April 30th 8:59 PT - 11:59 ET War Games Scores Skill 1 1)90,400,000 NCG 2)87,390,000 ed1475 3)84,220,000 jblenkle Skill 7 1)68,690,000 NCG 2)49,250,000 ed1475 3)1,980,000 jblenkle Skill 8 1)148,690,000 ed1475 2)1,750,000 jblenkle Good Luck! wargames-1984.rom

Greetings from the northcoast fellow Colecovision gamers! Season 17 will begin the weekend of April 20-21st. Until then we will play a couple of preseason rounds beginning this week with Zaxxon ll. If there is a particular game you would like to play this season, please post it here or in our next round or send me a PM. Everyone who played last season will be given the option to choose a game to play in a round during the season depending on where you finished in the standings. Any new players will also have that same option. I will send players a PM when its their turn to choose. Some games will also be chosen by a poll usually with 4 games to choose from. So that being said, I'm looking forward to another fun season and best of luck to everyone!

HIGH SCORE CLUB Season 17 Preseason Round 1 Game Information Game Name: Zaxxon ll Released by: SG-1000 Sega 1985. CV: Team Pixelboy/Mystery Man 2021. Settings: Press start & play CV HSC High Score: First time playing Zaxxon ll in the CV HSC. Round Ends: Sunday April 14th at 8:00pm(PST) 11:00pm (EST) The same rules and scoring system that have been used the past few seasons will be in play this season as well. Season 17 rules: http://atariage.com/...1-cv-hsc-rules/ Final Zaxxon ll Scores 1)42,750 jblenkle 2)31,500 ed1475 3)24,900 NCG 4) 8,800 fakecortex 5) zaxxon-ii-2021.rom

^ There will be more monthly games, just a break in the action. There are no seasons for those. The next one will be in April along with preseason games and the start of Season 17.

High Score Club Monthly Gaming Alternative Round 12 Game Information Game Name: Star Jacker Released by: Original game: SG-1000 Sega 1983. CV: Team Pixelboy/Mystery Man 2021. Settings: One Player CV HSC High Score: First time playing Star Jacker in the CV HSC. Round Ends: Thursday February 29th 8:59 PT - 11:59 ET Star Jacker Scores 1)17,893 jblenkle 2)16,965 ed1475 Good Luck! star-jacker-2021.rom

"Enjoy our products", "predictions of doom". I beginning to think these folks are from another planet or dimension, some alternate reality. "It's a never ending battle against the forces of evil".

Definitely a slow going affair with this one. Eventually you receive 5,000 bonus points for floating through the entire park, and that's as high as it goes. When I rolled this 10 or so years ago, I believe it was around 13 hours of play. I started early morning and finished in the evening. Just one of those weird games from the early 80s that I enjoy. Shouldn't be bad on a keyboard either with no joystick movement. Just 1,3,7 & 9 to select the balloons and the two side buttons to inflate or deflate a balloon.

Here is a video I did recently on how to play Gust Buster, Enjoy! Please excuse my potty mouth.

Another very different game from Sunrise like Campaign '84, very unique. I was going to start Season 17 off with this one but a week or two just isn't enough time to learn and enjoy this one. I hope everyone had a nice holiday and it's a new year, new start. Best of luck in 2024, now have at it!

High Score Club Monthly Gaming Alternative Round 11 Game Information Game Name: Gust Buster Released by: CV: Sunrise Software 1983 . Settings: Play any Level 1, 2, 3, 4. CV HSC High Score: Level 1: 999,990 (Rollage) Northcoastgamer (1/2013 HSC6). Manual: http://adamarchive.org/archive/Manuals/ColecoVision/Gust Buster.pdf Round Ends: Wednesday January 31st 8:59 PT - 11:59 ET Level 1 1)49,750 CentipedeFan 2) 6,750 jblenkle Level 2 1)25,560 CentipedeFan Level 3 Level 4 gust-buster-1983.rom

Congratulations to Colecovision our winner of the 7th annual Fall KO Tourney! Kudos to CentipedeFan as well for some impressive scores on the way to the finals! Big thanks to everyone that participated in the tourney and Season 16, it is truly appreciated, Thank You! The Monthly Gaming Alternative will return in January and Season 17 will commence late March early April of 2024. I hope everyone has a great holiday and gets the games from Santa that they wanted, Happy Gaming!

Duly noted. You have doubled your score already, nicely done!

That's why this is a two week final. You still have time to improve your game. Both of you guys were giving up early, come on now. As has been stated, don't worry about the flags and fish so much. Be more concerned with the walrus and jumping over two ice crevasses when necessary. Time is not on your side. You want to be as clean as possible for each run with minimal mistakes. Practice, practice, practice.......

This will be a two week round. With the holidays right around the corner that will give you guys plenty of time hopefully. Best of luck!

HIGH SCORE CLUB 7th Annual Fall Knockout Tournament Round 8 - Championship Round CentipedeFan vs Colecovision Game Information Game Name: Antarctic Adventure Released by: Arcade: Konami 1983. CV: Coleco 1984. Settings: Turn it on and play - 1 Player. CV HSC High Score: 1 Player: 721,150 Bmack36 (2020 Fall KO Tourney). Manual: http://adamarchive.org/archive/Manuals/ColecoVision/Antarctic Adventure (Poster).pdf Round Ends: Sunday December 17th at 8pm (PST) 11pm (EST) Rules are simple. After each round ends, the player with the lowest score is eliminated and we continue playing rounds until one individual remains atop the carnage. Having the top score isn't necessary yet, just try not to have the lowest score. Good Luck! Good Luck! Final Antarctic Adventure Scores 1)377,100 Colecovision - WINNER 2)174,050 CentipedeFan ELIMINATED The Players CentipedeFan Colecovision ed1475 (ELIMINATED Round 1) ctelkin19 (ELIMINATED Round 2) fakecortex (ELIMINATED Round 3) jblenkle (ELIMINATED Round 4) DuggerVideoGames (ELIMINATED Round 5) Northcoastgamer (ELIMINATED Round 6) Mikey50 (ELIMINATED Round 7) antarctic-adventure-1984.rom